— July/August 2022 —

Coastal VoiceThe Newsletter of the American Shore & Beach Preservation Association

By: KIM GARVEY, 2022 National Coastal Conference co-chair

There’s lots in store for the National Coastal Conference in Long Beach. In addition to

the usual outstanding presentations, posters, and speakers, socializing with colleagues, “competition” vol-leyball game, learning-packed short courses, and fun field trip, we think you will also enjoy the plethora of other things which the City of Long Beach has to offer. The city is home to a diverse shoreline — a “long” ocean beach, a large inland bay and waterways complex, coastal wetlands, recreational marinas, a miles-long offshore breakwater, and the second busiest container seaport in the U.S. — what could be a better place for a shores and beaches conference!

If you have time to spend a weekend before or after the confer-ence (or sneak out for a break), Long Beach, “Aquatic Capital of America”, has a myriad of water-related fun — riding a gondola in the Naples Island canals, renting a Duffy boat for cruising the bay, bicycling/walking/

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skating/jogging along the beach path, sailing, kayaking, stand-up paddle-boarding, kite-surfing, parasailing, taking a water taxi from one end of the city to the other, enjoying water-front shopping and dining, or visit-

ing our beauti-ful Aquarium of the Pacific. We even have two floating inflatable play-grounds in the ocean and bay called “Wibits.”

I am also proud that my place of employment

and one of our conference sponsors, Moffatt & Nichol, was founded and is headquartered in Long Beach. Since its founding in 1945, Moffatt & Nichol has grown to be a global company with engineering, envi-ronmental and planning expertise in coastal/waterfront projects, with “creative people, practical solutions.” We look forward to welcoming you here in September! v

Conference detailsn The National Coastal Confer-

ence will be held at the Westin Long Beach, located at 333 East Ocean Boulevard. It’s 0.5 mile, less than a ten-minute walk, to the iconic beach-es! View the current draft program at asbpa.org/conferences/.

n The Coastal Zone Founda-tion Short Courses will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 13. The conference kicks off at 1:00 pm on Wednesday, Sept. 14 and concludes on Friday, Sept. 16.

n Westin Hotel information: We encourage you to make your travel plans now and secure your room at the reduced group rate of $219; the room block ends on Aug. 26. Travel and hotel info may be found at asbpa.org/conferences/.

n SoCal Coastal Tour Field Trip: On Friday, Sept. 16, from 1:00-5:00 p.m., hop aboard and ride along the Pacific Coast Highway making four stops along the way to Surfside/Sunset Beach, Bolsa Chica Wetlands, Santa Ana River/New-port Beach, and Crystal Cove State Beach. Separate fee at registration.

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Thanks to our sponsors for the 2022 ASBPA National Coastal Conference

A wide variety of sponsorships still available...See full details at asbpa.org/conferences or email managing@asbpa.org.

Two new short course offerings at Coastal Conference

We are pleased to offer two new short courses as a pre-lude to the National Coastal

Conference. Both short courses, of-fered in partnership with Coastal Zone Foundation, are new modules of the Certified Coastal Practitioner™ (CCP) certification and will be held on Tues-day, Sept. 13 at the Westin Long Beach.

EWN: Engineering With Nature®

Engineering With Nature® (EWN) is leading a four-hour course on designing natural-based infrastruc-ture for increased coastal resilience. The course will include technical pre-sentations that cover a broad range of topics including quantifying environ-mental benefits associated with natural infrastructure, strategies for designing with natural infrastructure, innovative engineering and operational proce-dures, modeling, benefits quantifica-tion, and strategic communications.

The course objectives are:1) Provide participants with an

overview of EWN and its practices and example projects.

2) Demonstrate how natu-ral infrastructure promotes coastal resilience, flood risk reduction, and ecosystem services.

3) Introduce participants to many EWN tools, materials, and solutions.

4) Share the innovative research being conducted within the EWN program.

5) Extend the opportunity for others to get involved.

This course will be offered 1:00-

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National Coastal Conference registration fees ASBPA ASBPA Student Student member non-member member non-memberBefore Aug. 1 $420 $550 $75 $105After Aug. 1 $470 $600 $100 $130After Sept. 1 $520 $650 $100 $130Half-day short course $100 $100 $50 $50NOTE: Registration fees are the same for in-person or virtual attendees and partial-event registrations are not available.

Cancellations for registration are available until Sept. 5 to receive a full refund (minus a $50 processing fee).

Send checks or government purchase orders to ASBPA, 11940 Palba Way, #5102, Fort Myers, FL 33912-9094.

Aug. 1st is just around the cor-ner, but there is still plenty of time to submit Poster abstracts

for presentation. The in-person poster session will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 6:00-7:30 p.m. Virtual poster presentations are available, and all posters will be viewable throughout the hybrid conference via the online event platform.

New this year are optional two-minute lightning talks during a virtual session for poster presenters to sum-marize highlights of their research and

Final call for conference poster abstracts, due Aug. 1

offer additional networking and Q&A. Please consider submitting an

abstract for poster presentation to share your research, projects, and/or lessons learned. Poster presentations are invited for a range of topics relating to coastal science, engineering, eco-nomics, management, hazards, policy, and more.

The annual best student poster award will be announced on Thursday, Sept. 15, during the awards luncheon. Visit our website to submit your poster abstract. v

All conference award nominations are due by Aug. 1

We welcome your nomina-tions now through Aug. 1 to help us celebrate coastal

champions from coast to coast! All awards will be presented during the National Coastal Conference in Long Beach, CA. The categories include:

The Morrough P. O’Brien Award presented to an individual or orga-nizational member of ASBPA for an outstanding record in achieving the objectives and ideals of ASBPA and/or major direct contributions to the Association. 

The Robert L. Wiegel Coastal Project Award presented to a coastal project that has stood the test of time and has shown a positive environmen-tal, social, or recreational benefit. 

The Robert G. Dean Coastal Academic Award presented to an academic who has made significant contributions furthering the commu-nity’s understanding of coastal science or engineering and in fostering young coastal scientists or engineers. 

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5:00 p.m. PDT on Sept. 13. Course instructors are to be determined.

Three Coastal Engineering Design Risks & Remedies

This course discusses three major pitfalls in the design of coastal engineering projects and introduces approaches to safeguard against the associated risks. The design risks are related to the following concepts: (1) Design wave height; (2) Sediment transport; and (3) Design methodol-ogy.

Participants will need to complete quiz-zes, two of which require application of simple, publicly available soft-ware to perform prelimi-nary calculations and make design judgments to confirm an under-standing of the design risks. Course participants will need to bring a laptop.

This course is led by Saied Saiedi, Ph.D., P.E., a civil engineer with 33 years of engineer-ing and academic experience in various coun-tries including Canada and US. His hydrotechni-cal interests cover a wide range:

Coastal structures and processes, floating offshore structures, submarine pipelines, free surface flow, hydrody-namics, surface hydrology and flood studies, and dam safety review.

Dr. Saiedi has developed, man-

aged, and reviewed several numerical and physical modeling works. His COUPFLEX model (J. of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, May 1997) is among the first coupled simulations of unsteady water-sediment flow. Since 2020, he has been working with the Center for Coastal Services (Boynton Beach, FL), Tetra Tech.

This course will be offered 8:00 a.m. to noon PDT on Sept. 13.

Those who successfully complete the courses will receive four hours of PDHs per course, along with a certifi-

cate of completion. Both courses can be applied towards the CCP certifi-cation, and can be taken in conjunction with your conference registration (for an additional fee) or as stand-alone courses for people who are not planning to attend the conference. Registra-

tion costs are $100 per course, $50 per course for students.

To earn the CCP credential, candidates must complete a series of 10 short courses offered by the Coastal Zone Foundation in cooperation with ASBPA, which are available online as stand-alone webinars that allow those pursuing the CCP certification to pro-cess at their own pace. These courses to deliver the fundamentals of each topic applied in coastal management, so that individuals obtain exposure to a breadth of knowledge and ex-pertise. The CCP program provides participants with multidisciplinary instruction on comprehensive coastal management and defines the body of knowledge which reflects best prac-tices for coastal practitioners. v

Communications Award presented to a public media or communications professional who has excelled in com-municating the value of our nation’s coasts. 

The Member of the Year Award presented to an individual giving of their time, talents, and treasury to further ASBPA’s positive impact.

The Rising Star Award presented to a new professional or student who has a lead role to further the positive impact of ASBPA’s mission.

The Student Educational Award presented to an undergraduate or graduate student who, through their research, is furthering the science of coastal or riverine systems as it relates to the goals and mission of ASBPA. 

The James Houston Coastal Economics Scholar Award presented to an undergraduate or graduate student who, through their research, is furthering the state of beach, coastal, or riverine economics as it relates to the goals and mission of ASBPA. 

The Nicholas Kraus Coastal Scholar Award presented to a graduate student who aspires to advance their knowledge and experience of coastal or riverine science through an intern-ship with our Science and Technology Committee. 

The Student Coastal Advocate Award presented to a graduate or undergraduate student who aspires to advance their knowledge of, and ex-perience in, federal coastal policy and advocacy through an internship with our Government Affairs Committee. 

Please submit your nomina-tion by Aug. 1 to asbpa.org/about-us/awards-program/.  v

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Clockwise from top left: Duxbury Beach, MA; Ocean Isle Beach, NC; Waikiki Beach, HI; and Sodus Point, NY.

The 2022 Best Restored Beach award winners

The award-winning projects this year are Duxbury Beach Dune Restoration Project, MA; Ocean

Isle Beach Shoreline Protection Proj-ect, NC; Sodus Point Beach Project, NY; and Waikiki Beach Maintenance Project, HI.

The goal of ASBPA’s annual Best Restored Beaches award is to acknowl-edge community beach restoration projects around the United States which increase a shoreline’s resiliency, the beach’s ability to mitigate storm damage and flooding from severe storms, and naturally allow the beach to adjust to short-term sea level rise while remaining an important part of the nearshore ecosystem. ASBPA cre-ated the annual award list to highlight the value of restored beaches.  

Projects are judged on three cri-teria: the economic and ecological ben-efits the beach brings to its commu-nity; short and long term success of the restoration project; and the challenges each community overcame during the course of the project. “We appreciate each year all those who nominate their worthy projects for consideration. This year’s restored beach award recipients represent a variety of beach types, and I congratulate them for the hard work and beautiful beaches they have protected and enhanced,” said ASBPA President Gary Jones, with the Los An-geles County Department of Beaches and Harbors.

The Duxbury Beach Dune Restoration Project in Massachusetts was selected as a Best Restored Beach

due to its incorporation of resiliency, ecological, and recreational benefits. Through funding from a Massachu-setts coastal zone management coastal resiliency grant and the Duxbury Beach Reservation, a 501(c)(3) formed by private property owners, the com-munity engaged in comprehensive planning and permitting of resilience projects on Duxbury Beach, and resto-ration of the 3,500 feet of dune. 

The project restored one of the narrowest and at-risk sections of the barrier beach system, improving the resilience of 15 miles of highly devel-oped shoreline as well as continued access to the site for recreationalists, landowners, and emergency person-nel. The project also provided nesting

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habitat for the state and federally listed piping plovers and state listed least tern that nest on Duxbury Beach. By restoring the dune to specifications suitable for plovers and terns, these beach nesting species were provided with improved nesting and chick rear-ing habitat less vulnerable to overwash.

Ocean Isle Beach, North Caro-lina has recognized the value of restor-ing and protecting their beaches since the creation of a dedicated local fund-ing source in 1989. With long-term planning, continued adaptive man-agement of multiple shore protection projects, Ocean Isle Beach has created improved beach con-ditions for recreation and habitat for bio-logical resources.

The town determined that the construction of a terminal groin located just east of the easternmost development on the island could serve as a feasible solu-tion for chronic erosion leading to the Ocean Isle Beach Shoreline Protection Project.

The project involved two major components, the construction of the terminal groin structure, and pre-filling the groin area placing sand along a 3,000-foot stretch of shoreline.  In concert with the fifth nourishment of the original project, the groin was constructed in 2021 and has success-fully mitigated the chronic erosion on the east end of the project.

Sodus Point Beach on Lake Ontario in the Village of Sodus Point, New York is a man-made beach cre-ated by accretion of land after the construction of federal piers to stabi-lize the entrance to Great Sodus Bay in 1833. Over the years, the beach continued to receive natural sources of sand; however, sand was not retained

on the beach but drifted against upland residences where it was removed as a nuisance.

The project focused on measures to capture wind-blown sand to harness natural means to reach flood protec-tion goals and widen the beach at a county-owned park. With a strong focus on community engagement and education and participation in the per-mitting of the project by the affected property owners, the Village of Sodus Point successfully constructed the So-dus Point Beach Project to address the continual flattening of the beach while also providing access through the newly created dunes with volunteer-

planted dune grasses.Waikiki Beach

is one of the most internationally rec-ognized beaches in the world, renowned for its recreational beach activities. It has been estimated that

Waikiki Beach accounts for $2 billion in annual income for the local econo-my. The Waikiki Beach Maintenance Project is located along the shoreline of Mamala Bay on the south shore of Oahu, Hawaii and is locally referred to as Royal Hawaiian Beach.

The construction was completed in May, 2021 placing 21,700 cubic yards of sand roughly doubling the beach width and was funded through a public/private partnership with the Department of Land and Natural Re-sources, State of Hawaii. As part of the restoration project, the Waikiki Beach Special Improvement District Associa-tion was formed to aid in funding the project.

Congratulations to the 2022 Best Restored Beach Award Recipients! The Best Restored Beach award project teams will be honored during the spring 2023 Coastal Summit in Wash-ington, DC. v

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Save the date for our Final Summer Series hosted by Blue Flag By: ANNIE MERCER, Program Coordinator

Blue Flag USA is hosting “Plas-tics in the Coastal Zone’’ on Wednesday, July 27, from

1:30-3:00 p.m Eastern. Speakers include: Layne Marshall, EPA Trash Free Waters, and Ellie Moss, Moss & Mollusk Consulting. The presentations

will be followed by a roundtable discussion on the impacts, chal-lenges, and next steps for mac-roplastic debris management with speakers and participants, moderated by Kimberly Danesi, COO at Galves-ton Island Park

Board of Trustees. Register in advance for the webinar: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYtcOyspjovHt-VVcFkAjEe7vp6gF9z17tfb.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Registration is free to all interested and not limited to ASBPA members. Sponsorships are available for Summer Series events. Contact annie.mercer@asbpa.org for more information.

Introducing Blue Flag USA’s summer intern

A very warm welcome to Abby Thomson who is serving as Blue Flag’s Summer Intern! Abby heard about ASBPA through her father’s (Gordon Thomson) involvement with the orga-nization, and was drawn to working with ASBPA because of her interest in

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“I have a close personal connec-tion to the beach and value protecting it,” Abby explained. “I am interested in pursuing a career in engineering and ASBPA is a great organization that melds both of my interests while giving me opportunities to develop profes-sionally.”

Abby participates in beach clean-up with her school’s beach club, and at-tends Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, a sea turtle hospital, educational events. Her favorite part of the coastal zone is the swash zone, where she enjoys skim boarding.

She is interested in coastal issues like water pollution and its effects on human and marine life as well as the solutions to these challenges. Abby explains her dream job, “is in the STEM field and also ties in my inter-est in the environment. I want to feel as if the work I am doing is making a difference for the planet. I also want a job that will allow me to travel around the world and experience new places through my work.”

Abby provides technical as-sistance at Blue Flag meetings and events, researching criteria topics and candidates, and advancing program-matic information sharing. If you have questions about Blue Flag USA or ways to get involved, please reach out to Blueflagusa@asbpa.org. v

‘Shore & Beach’ photo contest:

Summer time is beach photo time!

The editors of Shore & Beach an-nounce the ASBPA’s 15th annual photography competition. The

purpose of the contest is to highlight the beauty and natural wonders of America’s magnificent coasts as part of celebrating more than 85 years of con-tinuous publication of Shore & Beach.

Any photographs depicting the coastal zone are appropriate. These include, but are not limited to beaches, bluffs, marinas, wetlands, marine life, recreational facilities, and engineered projects as long as they include the setting in which they were built (i.e. no portraits of dredges or your favorite armor unit).

Manipulated photographs are also welcome if the photographer briefly describes the changes or pro-cedure. The original base photograph must have been taken by the submitter.

Submissions must be made in one of these geographic categories:

• U.S. East Coast• U.S. Gulf of Mexico Coast• Caribbean (Puerto Rico, U.S.

Virgin Islands)• U.S. Pacific Coast and Alaska• U.S. Great Lakes• Pacific (Hawaiian Islands,

Guam, etc.)

Winning photographs may be used as cover art on Shore & Beach. Therefore, VERTICAL-format photo-graphs are highly preferred. Horizontal photographs can be submitted, too, but if a horizontal format photograph is a winner in one of the categories below, the editors of ASBPA may have to crop some of the image to fit on the cover of Shore & Beach.

Photographs must have been taken since 1 January 2022. Photo-graphs can be full-color, black and white, sepia, or colorized.

Deadline for submitting is 11:59 p.m. EDT on Oct. 1, 2022. Complete details available at https://asbpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/photo-contest_90_2_web-2.pdf. v

U.S. Coastal Research Program seeking a fellow

Since 2016, the USCRP has funded 62 academic research studies to ad-dress coastal research needs in several priority areas including long-term and short-term nearshore coastal

processes. Results from these studies have been documented in literature and implemented in advancements to technology, methods, numerical models, and other mechanisms. USCRP intends to hire a fellow to summarize the project outcomes, successes, lessons learned, and degree of transition into prac-tice; and identify technologies that could benefit the USACE and USGS, as well as synthesize remaining gaps in each topic area. Please share this oppor-tunity with anyone you think would be interested! For more information and requirements visit: https://www.zintellect.com/Opportunity/Details/ERDC-CHL-2022-0006. v

Coastal Voice 8Students & New Professionals Chapter:Recognizing students and young professionals in coastal engineeringBy: MARIA WINTERS (UCLA); JOHNATHAN WOODRUFF (North Carolina State University); and TEMITOPE E. IDOWU, Social Chair of SNP Chapter

Maria Winters:

Seeking solutions to sea level rise issues

I am currently a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate in the UCLA Depart-ment of Civil and Environmental

Engineering. I specialize in coastal en-gineering and conduct research in the Coastal Flood Lab with Dr. Timu Gal-lien. I received my bachelor’s degree in environmental engineering from the Department of Mechanical and Aero-space Engineering at UC San Diego in 2017, where I also had the opportunity to take classes and conduct research at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. It was there that I learned about the criti-cal impacts of climate change not only on our oceans and planet, but also on

Johnathan Woodruff:

Improving accuracy of flood predictions

Ahoy! My name is Johnathan Woodruff, and I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of

Civil, Construction, and Environmen-tal Engineering at North Carolina State University. I am from Tallahassee, FL, and grew up going to nearby beaches, springs, and waterways, where my love for everything water related was fostered.

My primary focus at NC State has been to improve predictions of storm surge and coastal flooding. These processes can be predicted by nu-merical models, including in real-time forecasts as a storm approaches the coast, to develop maps of inundation

will improve predictions at individual homes and critical infrastructure along our coasts.

In my Ph.D. research, I am a primary contributor to the NSF project “Subgrid Scale Corrections to Increase the Accuracy and Efficiency of Storm Surge Models.” The project aims to leverage the latest topographic and bathymetric data (like the newest DEMs with resolution of 1 m along the entire U.S. coast) to “correct” predic-tions at the model scale (with typical resolutions of 50 m or larger). With these corrections, the model can do its calculations at a coarse resolution (and thus be faster) but still represent the smallest flows due to the storm (and thus be accurate). I implemented these corrections into the ADvanced CIRCulation (ADCIRC) model, which

to support decision-making. However, these models can be slow, especially if they try to represent all the smallest flow pathways, like channels through a marsh, and barriers, like raised coastal highways. In my research, I am mak-ing it easier for models to represent flooding at those smallest scales, which

humanity, and this profoundly moved me.

I also developed a passion for research from undergraduate research experiences and learned about how research influences climate change and sea-level rise policy. For these reasons, I decided to pursue a Ph.D. in coastal

engineering where I could research much-needed solutions to sea-level rise and influence policy and real life coastal projects.

My Ph.D. research focuses on the observation and modeling of anthro-pogenic beach berms or dunes and a novel hybrid substrate living shoreline in southern California. Along the Pacific coast, high water levels caused by high tides, El Niño, and energetic winter waves already flood and cause damage to coastal infrastructure and beaches. Beach berms built for protec-tion often erode and fail after a single storm, and improved solutions are needed.

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Students & New Professionals Chapter:Recognizing students and young professionals in coastal engineeringBy: LEANNE HAUPTMAN, Florida Atlantic University, Coastal Studies Laboratory; andTEMITOPE E. IDOWU, Graduate Research Assistant, University of Delaware

shorelines, and other nature-based engineering projects for the benefits of protection and ecosystem rehabilita-tion. Although already utilized widely across the United States, better under-standing these structures and improv-ing their resilience is crucial as coastal areas prepare and adapt to rising seas.

Critically needed, however, are high temporal and spatial resolution observations of dune evolution on energetic coastlines, particularly before and after storm events, and validation data to test and improve models. My Ph.D. research addresses these needs: I have led topographic data collections, conducted vulnerability studies, and am currently investigating numeri-cal model performance on southern California dunes.

One of my research sites is the Cardiff State Beach Living Shoreline in Encinitas, CA, which was recently completed in 2019. One of the first of its kind in CA, it is a novel hybrid sand-cobble-rock dune design planted with native vegetation. This project serves to protect a critical transporta-tion corridor, adapt to sea-level rise, provide native dune habitat, and in-crease public access to the coast.

I have led unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) surveys to monitor the project’s performance and dune evolu-tion, and the data has been utilized to

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is the state-of-the-art for predictions of storm surge and coastal flooding. I have demonstrated their benefits for hurricane simulations on ocean-scale domains and I hope they will be useful for real-time forecasts.

Previously, I attended the Uni-versity of Florida, where I earned my B.S. in Agricultural and Biological Engineering, and Georgia Tech, where I earned my M.S. in Civil Engineering with a focus in environmental fluid mechanics and coastal hazards. In the future, I hope to be a lead researcher/hydraulic engineer at a national lab or consulting firm, where I can apply my modeling skills to help communi-ties become more resilient to coastal hazards, such as hurricanes, sea level rise, and climate change. In my free time, I love to be running, hiking, or biking, and whenever I get the chance, my favorite place in the world is on a beach or in the water. v

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water levels and waves, as well as its recovery during the summer season. The project has been successful in pro-tecting the highway, providing habitat to native vegetation and the threatened snowy plover, and providing valuable lessons learned for future projects.

At present, I am also investigat-ing numerical models, such as XBeach, and testing their performance at simulating dune erosion and breach-ing after large storm events. Knowing how to best utilize these models will be a valuable tool in future design and monitoring efforts.

After the completion of my Ph.D., I plan on continuing research and work related to nature-based engineering and coastal restoration, whether in academia, the public sector, or industry. I am also highly com-mitted to promoting and fostering a diverse coastal engineering profession and am active in outreach as a UCLA Center for Diverse Leadership in Sci-ence Early Career Fellow, and the So-ciety for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science, an inclusive national organization dedi-cated to increasing diversity in STEM. I am passionate about protecting our coastlines’ communities and ecosys-tems and this will remain the central pillar of my career wherever it may lead me. https://cfl.seas.ucla.edu/. v

The Northeast Shore & Beach Preservation Association Pres-ents the 2022 Northeast Coastal

Conference, “Hurricane Sandy: 10 Years Later,” on Oct. 6-7 at Stockton University Atlantic City Campus, Atlantic City, NJ. Learn more at asbpa.org/nsbpa/. Information on registra-tion, sponsorship opportunities, and accommodations will be available soon. v

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We are pleased to share with the ASBPA membership that the House of Represen-

tatives are moving ahead on consider-ation of appropriation bills next week.

In a press release on July 11th, the House Appropriations Commit-tee announced that six appropriations bills will be brought to the full House of Representatives for consideration and voting. The six bills are Trans-portation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies; Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies; Energy and Water Develop-

ment, and Related Agencies; Financial Services and General Government; Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies; and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies. You can find the press release for links to bill summaries, bill text and associ-ated reports at: https://appropriations.house.gov/news/press-releases/house-to-consider-appropriations-bills-next-week-0.

In the U.S. Senate, the Appro-priations Committee announced on July 12th that they expect to publicly release their versions of the appropria-tions bills by the end of July. v

Movement expected next week on House appropriations bills

ASBPA annual members’ meeting set for Sept. 14

The Annual Members’ Meeting will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 14, during the National

Coastal Conference. Members do not need to be registered for the confer-ence to participate.

ASBPA President Gary Jones appointed Secretary Tiffany Rob-erts Briggs as chair of this year’s Nominating Committee which is also comprised of Board members Brian Caufield and Lee Weishar, as well as Managing Director Leslie Pickel. The committee will prepare a slate of candidates to be voted on at the annual meeting which will be sent to active members at least 30 days prior to the election.

Nominations from outside the Nominating Committee shall be valid provided they are submitted no less than 60 days in advance of the annual meeting (July 16) and are accompanied by no less than 10 signatures of recom-mendation from active members and the prior consent of the person nomi-nated. v

SAVE THE DATES: July 27: Final Summer Series workshop, “Plastics in the Coastal

Zone,” online at 1:30 p.m. Aug. 1: Deadline to submit an abstract for a poster presentation

for the 2022 ASBPA National Coastal Conference Aug. 1: Deadline to submit conference award nominations Aug. 1: Early-bird conference registration deadline Sept. 1: Deadline for standard conference rates Aug. 26: Deadline for conference-rate room block at Westin

Long Beach